Usually means: Extremely hot; intensely heated; passionate.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word red-hot:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. red-hot: Merriam-Webster
  2. red-hot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. red-hot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. red-hot, red-hot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. red-hot: Vocabulary.com
  6. Red-Hot, Red-hot, red-hot: Wordnik
  7. red-hot: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. red-hot: Wiktionary
  9. red-hot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. red-hot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. red-hot: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Red-hot, red-hot: Dictionary.com
  13. red-hot: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Red-hot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Red-hot: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. red-hot: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. red-hot: Rhymezone
  18. red-hot: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. red-hot: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. red-hot: FreeDictionary.org
  21. red-hot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. red-hot: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. red-hot: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. red-hot: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. red-hot, red-hot: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Heated to the point that it glows with a visible red color.
▸ adjective:  (hyperbolic) Very hot.
▸ adjective:  (informal) Emotionally charged, especially with anger or enthusiasm.
▸ adjective:  (informal) Having very strong sex appeal.
▸ adjective:  (informal) Very fresh, exciting, and up-to-date.
▸ noun:  (dated, US) Alternative spelling of red hot [(US, Midwest) A frankfurter, a hot dog.]

Similar:
sizzling, hot, blistering, voluptuous, luscious, juicy, sexy, fast, new, redhot, more...

Opposite:
cold, cool, chilled

Types:
glowing, fiery, blazing, scorching, searing, incandescent, more...

Phrases:
red-hot poker, red-hot pokers, more...
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Similar:
sizzling, hot, blistering, voluptuous, luscious, juicy, sexy, fast, new, redhot, more...

Opposite:
cold, cool, chilled

Types:
glowing, fiery, blazing, scorching, searing, incandescent, more...

Phrases:
red-hot poker, red-hot pokers, more...



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